Labor Day Sermon Reflections On Government Ideals
Rev. C. L. Glenn delivers a Labor Day message at Butler Methodist Church linking the holiday to history and Christian teachings. The sermon surveys three major political theories from Augustine to Machiavelli, contrasting church authority, ideal states, and power, with notes leading toward further discussion on the next page.
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C. L. Glenn
Butler Methodist Church
America
The
Herald
Lot
Sodom
Heaven
Jesus
Augustine
Rome
Bismark
City of God
Holy Roman Empire
Europe
Noccolo Machiavelli
Prince
Italy
116th Annual Columbus Baptist Session at Mt Zion
The 116th annual Columbus Baptist Association session will be held at Mt Zion Baptist Church Muscogee County on Sept 21 and 22 led by Rev Paul E Weekly. Mt Zion traces to 1831 and rebuilt after a 1919 fire with plans for further improvements. Church officers include Weekly Land Manry Weekly and Swint family serve in various roles. The association officers are Willis Fowler Cook and Hendrix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Baptist Association of Georgia
Mt. Zion
Dozier Thornton
Jas. Hucaby
Isaac Dunn
Eli Stroud
Solomon Monk
M. W. Thornton
William N. Cone
Silas Monk Sr
Winnie Hucaby
Sarah Cotton
Tabbitha Dunn
Nancy Thornton
Tabitha Monk
Winnie Underwood
John M. Gray
Benjamin Buchanan
Francis Calloway
A. L
Paul E. Weekly
E. G. Swint
B. O. Williams
Edgar Overby
Damon Johnson
Thomas Swint
Elis Swint
Thomas
Ellis Swint
United States
Ellis B. Land
Clerk & Treas
J. B. Manry
W. T. Weekly
The
Columbus Baptist Association
Carey C. Willis
H. O. Fowler
Irby Cook
R. Howard Hendrix
War Briefs Across Fronts Prompt Allied Advances
Eastern Front Russia declares war on Bulgaria while Axis allies delay peace talks. Western Front two American armies cross into Germany reportedly seize Saarbrucken and Aachen as bombers hit Stuttgart and Ludwigs hafen. Pacific Front Allied air forces sink 13 troop carriers near Celebes and hit ships near Halmahera as Japan strains for oil. Patton and Hodges fight in Moselle valley and toward Namur while MacArthur strikes Minadanao. Navy warns of strong blows as Germany nears fall and demobilization plans are shelved.
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Russia
Bulgaria
East Prussia
Halmahera
Japan
Patton
Moselle
Eisenhower
Hodges
Namur
Pacific Front
MacArthur
Minadanao
Navy
Forestal
Germany
U. S
Electrical Repairs and Appliance Service Ad
Electrical appliances repaired and guaranteed service. Work called for and delivered by Fred A. Peed Jr. Located at 85 Butler Georgia with contact phone.
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Fred A. Peed Jr
Butler
Georgia
World Wide Communion Sunday Observed Amid War Turmoil
World-Wide Communion Sunday will be observed October 1 as Christians globally gather to break bread and remember Christ. The Herald invites church listings. Butler High School opens with 360 pupils and a one-session schedule to aid harvest labor. new faculty additions include Howard Mott and Robi Humber shaping the grade and high school teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World Wide Christian Fellowship
Christ
Children of God
Kingdom of Heaven
Butler High School
J. J. Green
Kathrine Amos
Clyde Afay Green
Edwards
Herald
Howard Mott
Mott
Georgia Tech
Emory
South Georgia
Andersonville
Robert Humber
Mabel Saunders
Doris Saunders
Grady Fuller
Edith Guy
Annie Laurie Powell
J. W. Edwards
Grammar School
Verna Jarrell
Hazel Elliston
Louise Parks
Robi. Humber
Bessie Childs
Erma Barfield
Julian Locke
Small Packages May Be Registered To Men Overseas
Postal officials announce that small articles may be sent by registered mail to servicemen at APO addresses outside the continental United States. No more than eight ounces per item, and requests must be made by the address. Watches glasses pens and similar items are highlighted for overseas shipment. Military personnel are asked to limit registrations to conserve overseas postal capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
APO
Continental
United States
R. H. McCormack
Fourth Service Command
Senator George Injured in Fall at Bethesda
Senator Walter F. George of Georgia was confined to Bethesda Naval Hospital with a slight collarbone fracture after slipping in his hotel apartment Sunday night. His office said he was getting along fine and would be discharged in a couple of days, with routine checkups lingering. George chairs the Senate Finance Committee and leads a postwar planning committee.
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Washington
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
George
Senate Finance Committee
Rabbits for Sale in Butler Ga
Several white New Zealand rabbits are for sale by J. T. Orrell of Butler Georgia.
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J. T. Orrell
Butler, Ga
Butler Merchants Agree To Close at Noon Each Thursday
Local merchants including T. B. Joiner Bazemore Dept. Store Doyel's Store The Cross Shop J. W. McKenzie Wilson Self-Service Store Suwannee Store Maxwell's Dime Store W. H. Trussell Doyel's Furniture Store Childs Service Station pledge to close every Thursday at noon year round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
T. B. Joiner
Bazemore Dept
Doyel’s
J. W. McKenzie Wilson
Suwannee
Maxwell's Dime Store
W. H. Trussell
Childs Service Station
Clock Face Image Preserves On Egg Displayed At Herald
A peculiar egg owned by Mrs. O. H. Horne of this county is on display at the Herald office. The egg bears a clear impression of a clock face with all twelve numbers showing, though the clock hands are missing.
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Herald Office
O. H. Horne
Two Local Men to Be Awarded Wings and Commissions
Frank M. Riley and Walter J. Riley Jr are to graduate from Stuttgart Army Air Field Arkansas on Friday and receive commissions. Inducted the same day they were sent to Keesler Field Mississippi and trained together for seventeen months. They expect to arrive in Butler Saturday with Frank visiting his parents and Walter returning to Lakeland Florida with his family.
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Frank M. Riley
Walter J. Riley Jr
Stuttgart Army Air Field
Stuttgart
Ark
Air Corps
Keesler Field
Miss
Butler
Frank Riley
A. H. Riley
Walter Riley Jr
Lakeland
Fla
Pvt Roy T Kirksey Wounded in Action Returns to States
Pvt Roy T Kirksey of this county has arrived back in the states after being wounded July 13 in France and losing his right arm. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Howard Kirksey and was employed at Thomaston before induction. He enlisted last October, trained at Camp Barkley Texas, then went overseas.
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Roy T. Kirksey
Pvt
Kirksey
Howard Kirksey
Thomaston
Young Kirksey
Camp Barkley
Texas
France
Talbotton Youth Shoots Self After Whiskey Arrest
Julius Culpepper, a Talbotton Negro youth, shot himself in the head with a 22 rifle at his father Rev. Sam Culpepper's home in O Neals District. He had been arrested the previous Saturday with three gallons of whiskey and held on bond for the September term. The family planned a day with his father when he retrieved the rifle and killed himself.
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Talbotton
Julius Culpepper
Samj Culpepper
O'Neal
Julius
Jordan Company
Tarbotton
Sam Culpepper
Electric Shock Fatal To Crawford Co Man
Earl Leonard Blalock age 32 of Savannah was electrocuted near Roberta Georgia when his foot struck an overhead electric wire during a family swimming outing. He died at the scene while vacationing with his parents Mr and Mrs E L Blalock and is survived by his wife Kathleen Young and three children Joan Kathleen Laura Eileen and John Leonard along with seven brothers and three sisters.
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Roberta
Earl Leonard Blalock
Savannah
Here
Blalock
E. L. Blalock
Kathleen Young
Joan Kathleen
Laura Eileen
John Leonard
Ernest Blalock
Musella
Elijah Blalock
Australia
Tom Blalock
Thomaston
Olin Blalock
Howard Blalock
Jack Blalock
Culloden
Marvin Blalock
Virginia
Richard Cosby
Bernice Wilson
Harry Jackson
For Sale Hawkins place 250 acres in Taylor County
George Poss of Thomson Georgia offers approximately 250 acres in the 15th district of Taylor County with timber potential. Property includes a house and two barns and is marketed at a reasonable price.
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Taylor County
Hawkins Place
George Poss
Thomson
Georgia
McDuffie County
First Sergeant Robert Eubanks Killed in Action in France
First Sgt. Robert S. Eubanks son of Mr and Mrs H G Eubanks Reynolds was killed in action in France on Aug 10 according to a War Department telegram received Aug 27 He entered service in Reynolds in 1934 and went overseas in 1943 He belonged to an armored regiment He is a native of Taylor county and is survived by brothers Herman Eubanks and N E Waller of Thomaston His brother received a letter from him written the day before his death from a fox hole in France.
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Robert S. Eubanks
H. G. Eubanks
Reynolds
France
War Department
Eubanks
Taylor County
Sgt
Herman Eubanks
N. E. Waller
Thomaston
Griffin Soldier Dies of Wounds in South Pacific
Pfc. Burnell McDowell of Griffin dies from wounds received in action in the South Pacific. He was 20, had served 17 months. Survived by wife Miss McDowell, mother Mrs. Claude McDowell, father, three sisters Mary Tuggle Betty Clyde, two brothers Anthony and Buddy, and two grandfathers Jeff Redding and A J McDowell.
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Griffin
Burnell McDowell
A. A. Vandergrift
U. S. Marine Corps
Miss. McDowell
Claude McDowell
McDowell
South Pacific
Mary Tuggle
Betty
Clyde McDowell
Anthony
Buddy McDowell
Jeff Redding
A. J. McDowell
210 Persons Killed Over Labor Day Weekend
The Labor Day weekend death toll rose to 210 fatalities across 34 states and the District of Columbia, with 121 traffic deaths, 44 drownings, and 45 miscellaneous causes. California led states with 24 deaths, followed by Illinois 17, Pennsylvania 15, New York 14, and Virginia 11. Travel was heavy to seashore and resort areas, though most war plant workers stayed on the job.
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Associated Press
District of Columbia
California
Illinois
Pennsylvania
New York
Virginia
Dr B B Bishop Takes Over Fort Valley Dental Office
Announcement states Dr B B Bishop has taken over the dental office of Dr W L Nance in Fort Valley. He recently received a U S Army discharge after four years as Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Dental Corps with most time overseas. Prior to the Army he practiced in Tryon North Carolina for seventeen years. He comes with strong recommendations from Dr Nance.
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B. B. Bishop
W. L. Nance
Fort Valley
Bishop
U. S. Army
Army Dental Corps
Tryon
N. C
Dr. Nance
Reynolds Negro Youths Kill 15 Rattle Snakes
James Walter and John Stubbs, colored, were working in a pea patch near their Reynolds home Tuesday when they found a bed of rattle snakes. They killed fifteen snakes, including an older specimen about twenty years old and fourteen one year olds.
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Reynolds
James
Walter
John Stubbs
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Columbus Baptist Assn
Paul E
Wetern
Saarbrucken
Aachen
Karlsurhe
Ludwigshafen
Ng-Bay
Crawford Co
R. S. Eubanks
Pfc
Pacific
Ft. Valley
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